You can also eat spicy food? Ah! Laughing to death. Chen Xing felt refreshed both physically and mentally. When he walked out, he didn't feel like it was winter anymore. His whole body was warm and he felt very comfortable basking in the sun.
Walking along the narrow streets, if you don't look at the European classical buildings around, this place is a bit similar to the ancient town of Lijiang. They are both narrow and full of flowers.
The weather was still very hot when Chen Xing arrived in Lijiang. It is normal for many flowers to appear in summer.
But it is winter now, and it is really strange to see so many colorful flowers here in winter. No wonder half of Europe chooses to travel here every winter.
There are few countries that have such a good environment as China. If you feel that the weather is too hot and you can’t stand it in Sichuan Province, then you can go to western Sichuan, or to the north, or to southern Yunnan. There will always be a place where you can feel comfortable living. Very comfortable.
Not so in Europe. The whole of France combined is about the same size as Sichuan Province. It is very, very rare to have a place like Nice where it is like spring all year round.
Walking on the streets full of ancient European style, sometimes you can see the walls of a certain palace on the left, and cafes, flower shops and the like on the right. People who bring couples here are willing to buy a bouquet of winter flowers here in order to pursue romance. flower.
After passing through several alleys, Chen Xing arrived at the front entrance from the edge of the ancient city. In front of the ancient city of Nice is a square called Place Massena. This square is still very famous in Nice. Chen Xing knew this name from other tourists when he got off the hotel.
But expectations are expectations, and they are actually not very big. The area is not as large as the Champ de Mars under the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
However, its uniqueness is that it is surrounded by old houses. When the buildings from hundreds of years ago are integrated with the squares paved with modern floor tiles, it has a unique flavor and gives the place a youthful look.
The floor tiles in Place Massena are black and white, and the area of each tile is uneven or distorted, like a continuously stretched 3D image. People with 3D vertigo will probably feel dizzy if they see this kind of floor too much.
Of course there are countless cafes here, with tourists from all over the world sitting under their awnings. Chen Xing looked at the statue of Apollo in the Sun Fountain for a while. This statue was almost naked and indeed very masculine.
Chen Xing mainly refers to body shape. The golden ratio is no joke, as for other things. Still a bit off.
Two roads pass through the middle of the square, and the square is evenly divided into three parts. In fact, if the three separated places were connected, the square would still be that big.
Chen Xing walked around Nice until it was almost dark before taking a taxi home. In fact, he didn't even know where he went.
The security situation in Nice seems to be much better than that in Paris, but Chen Xing still dare not appear on the streets abroad after dark. After all, no matter how brilliant a person's future is, he still only has one life.
.........The next day, he simply packed his things into his suitcase and took a car to Villeneuve-Loubet.
Chen Xing searched for relevant news here before going there. The scenery and architecture are not the best on the Côte d'Azur. The latest big news is that the Winter Photography Festival was held here.
Didn’t it say before that you can drive from Nice to Cannes and pass through several cities in the middle?
Villeneuve-Loubet is right between them, very close to another big city, Cagnes. Compared to the prosperity of Nice, this place actually looked like an agricultural town... Anyway, this was his first impression of Chen Xing.
Is the budget for the Winter Photography Festival so low? It would be great to open it in Nice. If not, you can also open it in Cannes, so that Chen Xing can go to Cannes to have a look. I don’t know if going there at this time will still have the atmosphere of a film festival.
Compared with the Arles Photography Festival, a long-established photography festival in France, the Winter Photography Festival is really too watery.
But no matter how watery he is, he is also very famous in the global photography community this season. After Chen Xing got off the car, he quickly found a modern museum hosting a photography festival. In the past few days, in addition to exhibitions, there were also speeches by some emerging European photographers. Of course, these emerging photographers were certainly not as young as Chen Xing.
As for the photography festival, in addition to displaying the outstanding works of photographers from around the world in this field, its biggest role is to introduce some photographers.
It is difficult for photographers to become famous, and it is even harder to become famous internationally. Without more photography festivals every year, young photographers will have no way to survive - of course, this statement may be a bit exaggerated.
Generally speaking, as long as a photographer is somewhat famous in the province or city where he is located, he will not have to worry about food and clothing.
Chen Xing is not very well-known in Sichuan Province. He doesn't do much private photography or appointments. But he has 300,000 fans on station B. If he wants to make a living from this, he can do better than most photographers.
Chen Xing thought it would be easy to find a hotel here, but when he came here he found that everywhere was full of people. After visiting several hotels in a row, Chen Xing finally settled into a small room of about ten square meters.
There is nothing to fault, who told Chen Xing to come late? After putting down his luggage in the hotel, Chen Xing went directly to the Modern Culture and Art Center in Villeneuve-Loubet.
This building was obviously newly built and very trendy. It is surrounded by a dance school, a primary school, and a circus. It is considered the core location in the new town of Loubet.
You need to buy a 20-euro ticket to visit. Chen Xing is quite willing to pay the money. He doesn't feel bad at all.
I don’t know what was housed in this modern culture and art center before, but now everything has been removed. There is only one protagonist in the entire venue, and that is photography and photographic works.
As soon as I walked in, there was a huge camera statue placed in the center of the front hall. I can’t tell what brand this statue is from, but it always looks like something else, and there’s no specific brand marked on it, probably because I’m afraid of offending the crazy brand fans among the photographers.
There are works on the walls and floors. Of course, the works on the floor are also decorated and pulled up with isolation tapes.
There were a lot of people, and everyone was talking quietly, making the atmosphere lively but not noisy.
Chen Xing also quickly integrated into the place. Like countless people with cameras, he lingered in various works, experiencing the emotions of the photographers, or learning other people's concepts of composition, color mixing, etc.
Most of the works are also related to snow. After all, the theme is winter. It would be very disharmonious to have a midsummer style of sun and beach here.
And the lighting in the exhibition hall is also very particular. Chen Xing's eyes gradually moved from the works to the lights, and then, when he lowered his head, he saw a set of photos.
"Second Prize at the French Winter Photography Festival 2021 - Climbing". Actually there are only three. Chen Xing's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly stepped forward, his eyes almost bulging out when he confirmed that he had seen it correctly.
